Spessartite / Garnet
Spessartite / Garnet
Spessartite / Garnet

Spessartite / Garnet

€15,00
SKU: A877
Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha Region, Tanzania
A small Spessartite with a beautiful light orange color. No damage.
1.0 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
1.5 g

The orange to dark red Spessartine from Loliondo is usually picked up loosely by the locals. They are rarely recovered (and offered) with the loose matrix. The crystals usually show the icositetrahedron, more rarely the rhombic dodecahedron. Hematite inclusions are responsible for a red color. Other inclusions include braunite, muscovite, quartz and zircon.